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Cochlodina orthostoma

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Cochlodina orthostoma
Cochlodina orthostoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Clausiliidae
Genus: Cochlodina
Species:
C. orthostoma
Binomial name
Cochlodina orthostoma
(Menke, 1828)

Cochlodina orthostoma is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails, all of which have a clausilium.

Distribution

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Its native distribution is Central European and Eastern European. It occurs in:

Description

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The weight of the adult live snail is about 74.7±5.3 mg.[2]

Ecology

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The habitat of this species is woodland.

References

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  1. ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
  2. ^ Boch S., Prati D., Werth S., Rüetschi J. & Fischer M. (2011). "Lichen Endozoochory by Snails". PLoS ONE 6(4): e18770. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018770.